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Country: Austria, Republic Of Austria
Capital: Vienna
National currency: Euro
Numeric code: 040
Letter code: AUT
Austria located in Central Europe on the banks of the Danube, and in the old days the Germans called these lands "the East country" (Ostarrichi) – so appeared its modern name.
For centuries Austria had a different currency that are represented by individual coins in coins Austria.
• 1612-1914 – Austrian Ducat. Speaking of the value of the coins of Austria, it should be noted that in the Austrian Ducat was the highest gold content of European coins that were in circulation. Minting ducats continues to the present time (as collector coins) – and all date is 1915;
• 1740-1858 Taler;
• 1858-1892 Austrian Guilder;
• 1892-1918 Austro-Hungarian Krone ("crown");
• 1919-25 Austrian Krone;
• 1925-38 Austrian Schilling;
• 1938-45 German REICHSMARK;
• 1945-2001 Austrian Schilling;
• 1 Jan 2002 – Euro (1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents; 1 and 2 euros).
You can buy Austria coins of different denominations and categories.
In Austria the national side of the Euro presents Alpine flowers, monuments and portraits of great citizens. Small coins:
• 1 eurocent - gentian;
• 2 cents - veys;
• 5 cents - primrose.
On the coins of 10, 20 and 50 cents depicts St. Stephen's Cathedral, Belvedere Palace (the Imperial residence, now art Museum) and the Vienna secession (Vienna workshops of artists in the 19th century).
On coins 1 and 2 Euro immortalized the great Austrians such as Mozart and Bertha von Suttner (writer and leader of the movement for peace) the price of the coins of Austria depends on the category of coins (regular, commemorative, collector).
The commemorative coins are issued in € 2 and is dedicated to the anniversaries of important events in European history. Also a very interesting collection of coins of gold and silver. For example, the series "Vienna Philharmonic" (with musical instruments), "Crowns of the house of Habsburg", "Klimt and his women" (with fragments of his paintings in gold and silver), "Myths and legends of Austria" (with dragons, basilisks and enchanted castles) and others.
In 2004 Austria was the initiator of European numismatic program in which are involved leading European countries.
